Aotearoa: World of Children's Books

Friday, 16 September 2022

Bingo: A book on the IBBY honour list:

October, October 

Katya Balen; illus Angela Harding. 

@katyabalen books have a place in my heart. 

'October, October' is no different.  

Bingo: A book translated from a language you don't know:

The sea-ringed world: sacred stories of the Americas. 

María García Esperón; illus Amanda Mijangos; trans David Bowles. 

Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures from Argentina to Alaska. 

Bingo: A book translated from a language you don't know:

Maia and what matters 

By Tine Mortier; illus Kaatje Vermeire; trans David Colmer

Maia and her grandmother have a special relationship. After Grandma has a stroke, only Maia seems to understand her.  

Bingo: A book written in English from a country where English isn't the main language: 

Swimming on the lawn by Yasmin Hamid. 

This was a really hard challenge! 
I had to stretch the definition a bit...
It is a book set in such a country...  

And, is written by someone who grew up in such a country.

They now live in an English-speaking country.

They grew up speaking English. 

The book is published by a company in an English-speaking country. 

Bingo: A bilingual book for children or young adults:

Lifetimes: a beautiful way to explain life and death to children =

O olaga o se auala matagofie e faamalamalama ai le ola ma le iu o le ola i tamaiti =

Ko e anga 'o e mo'ui': ko ha founga ke ako'i'aki'a e longa'i fanau', 'o fekau'aki mo e anga 'o e mo'ui'

Bryan Mellonie

Illustrated by Robert Ingpen and Dineke Kaye

Samoan translation by Ruby Va'a and Vio Solofa

Tongan translation by Konai Thaman & Taiamoni Tongamoa